We Help Students Speak More With:

Enjoyable Topics

All teachers know that good topics trigger student interaction. And to that end, each textbook revolves around 6 enjoyable topics to encourage students to share their true feelings and opinions. Click here to see some example topics. 

Traffic Light Trainerâ„¢

Welcome to the beating heart of our textbooks. The Traffic Light Trainer is a process for building student fluency and confidence. It's scaffolded across 3 rounds of student interaction distilled from decades of language learning research. It really does bring students out of their communicative shells. Click here for a video explanation. 

Real-World Examples

Dwayne's World is an animated video series. It presents target language in a natural and entertaining context that helps students apply their learning to real-world situations. Students will giggle and wince as Dwayne and his girlfriend ride a relationship roller-coaster. Click here to see an example episode. 

SMART Design 

Skill, Measure, Action, Result, Time - these are key fuel injectors that we believe drive student motivation. Every 2 classes guide students through a SMART sequence which motivates them to speak more.